New Durham driver, 18, transported after collision with box truck

NEW DURHAM — A portion of Route 11 was closed for more than an hour Tuesday morning following a two-vehicle crash near Davis Crossing Road.

New Durham police and fire departments worked with several area departments to close the road and reroute traffic at about 7:25 a.m., after a Toyota Avalon and a box truck collided. Deputy Fire Chief Kenneth “K.G.” Lockwood said three people were involved with the crash, and the 18-year-old driver of the car was transported to Frisbie Memorial Hospital in Rochester with injuries not considered to be life threatening at this time.

Police Sgt. Reginald Meattey said Abigail Perkins, 18, of New Durham, was attempting to make a left turn out of Davis Crossing Lane to head east on Route 11 when she reportedly collided with the truck, described as a Chevrolet van, operated by Paul Ramsey, of Farmington.

Meattey said the woman was not charged and the investigation has concluded. The third passenger was in Ramsey's truck at the time of the incident, and that person's identity was not immediately available.

Lockwood said extrication was required before Perkins was transported, and a crane was brought in to remove the “medium sized” box truck from an embankment after it went off the side of the road. He said both vehicles were badly damaged and towed from the scene.

Lockwood added many accidents happen along that same section of the road.

“We get quite a few crashes in the morning there because of the sun, but I don't know if this was part of that,” he noted.

Responding departments included Farmington police and fire and rescue along with the Alton Police Department.